Impressed

Rating: 8/10 (31 October 2002)

This film promises to scream at you then bite your face off, it doesn't. It sneeks up behind you and then covertly becomes part of you, only when you stop watching it does the quality hit you. I always hold to the idea that good directing is subliminal, as this is, with flashes of notable brilliance, as this has.
To anyone who has seen it and apreciated it, you'll know what i mean. Cillian Murphy convinces as the idealistic coma-wakeruperer, showing genuine desperation. Naomi Harris also cuts it as the hardcore post-apocalyptic feminist. The film shows human sensitivity through Brendan Gleeson's Frank, most touchingly where Jim (Murphy) calls him 'dad' in his sleep, with Santa Clause's unlucky twin giving a knowing smile. This gives the audience a childs perspective, and adds to the appalling feeling of watching universal dehumanisation (at one layer, the film does question how human humans are...). Theres so much to talk about:
GO SEE THIS FILM! DOWN WITH HOLLYWOOD TRASH!
(i'm english by the way, but not proud.)